Robert F Atkins
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Object Number - UPL 26853 - Robert F. Atkins, Tail Gunner crew of the Gypsy Queen1944-45
Robert Atkins served as a tail gunner with the 733rd Bomb Squadron of the 453rd Bomb Group, flying missions out of Old Buckenham, England.
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History of "Gypsy Queen" - credit Bob Collis
42-109896 Gypsy Queen
B-24J-115-CO 42-109896
Arrived in the UK 6 March 1944
Originally assigned 392 BG Wendling
Assigned to 733 BS 453 BG date unknown
Nose art/name was "Gypsy Queen" (note sp)and code-letters applied were F8-N+
This B-24 reportedly flew over 100 missions, but I suspect these were accrued with both the 392nd and 453rd Groups.
Assigned to 44 BG at Shipdham May 1945. No missions were flown with this Group.
Reported RZI (Returned to Zone of the Interior, i.e. the USA) 31 May 1945
With thanks to the 453rd Bomb Group (H) Memorial Association
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc